Cyber Security Engineer - SIEM & Automation (Onsite)

Matchtech; Stevenage; On-site; GBP 76,000 - 127,000; Full time

Job summary

Matchtech is recruiting for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a mature Security Operations function in Stevenage on a 24-month contract, onsite. The role focuses on implementing, maintaining, and optimising security technologies across complex environments.

Key tasks include SIEM administration, log ingestion, automation via PowerShell/Python, and API integrations. This is a hands-on engineering position within the Defence sector, with strong emphasis on tooling and detection engineering.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience implementing and maintaining security tooling.
• Experience with SIEM administration and security monitoring.
• Ability to automate with scripting and integration via APIs.

Responsibilities

• Administer and maintain SIEM and security monitoring platforms.
• Configure log ingestion, correlation rules and alerting.
• Develop automation using PowerShell, Python and Regex.
• Integrate security technologies via APIs, HTTP/S and JSON.
• Lead tool integration projects and capability enhancements.
• Support incident investigations and improve detection capabilities.

Skills

SIEM Administration

Automation Scripting

Detection engineering

Tools

PowerShell

Python

Regex

REST APIs

HTTP/S

JSON

Active Directory

Windows Server

Linux/Unix

VMware

Hyper-V

Virtual Networking

Job description

Matchtech is recruiting for a Cyber Security Engineer to join a mature Security Operations function in Stevenage on a 24-month contract, onsite. The role focuses on implementing, maintaining, and optimising security technologies across complex environments.

Key tasks include SIEM administration, log ingestion, automation via PowerShell/Python, and API integrations. This is a hands-on engineering position within the Defence sector, with strong emphasis on tooling and detection engineering.